Computer Architecture
Computer Architecture
- The concept in which a CPU register that holds the memory address of the next instruction to be executed is best known as which of these terms?
- Identify the correct definition of Program counter.
- What term describes the following? a special-purpose CPU register used to store the intermediate results of arithmetic and logic operations.
- In computer science, Accumulator refers to which of the following?
- Select the correct name for: the specific implementation details of a processor design that realize a given instruction set architecture.
- Which statement correctly explains Microarchitecture?
- Which concept is defined as follows: the number of bits a processor can handle or transfer in a single operation?
- What is Word size primarily used for?
- The following statement describes a specific concept. What is it called? a technique used in an instruction to specify how the operand's memory address is determined.
- Select the accurate description of Addressing mode.
- Which term refers to the collection of functional units within a CPU, such as the ALU and registers, that perform data processing?
- What does Data path refer to?
- What is the name for a limitation on system throughput caused by shared memory paths for both data and instructions?
- Which of the following best describes Von Neumann bottleneck?
- Identify the correct concept described as: another term for the sequence of fetching, decoding, and executing a single CPU instruction.
- Instruction cycle is best defined as which of the following?
- A classification of computer architectures based on the number of instruction and data streams they can process simultaneously. What is this concept called?
- Choose the correct description of Flynn's taxonomy.
- Which of the following best names the concept in which a CPU performance technique that guesses the outcome of a conditional instruction before it is known?
- What is the function or purpose of Branch prediction?